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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art Auction
• Sale Date:
  04 Apr 2012 ~ 7pm
• Lot #:
  25
• Lot Description:
  Mungurrawuy Yunipingu
  1907 - 1979
  Designs Associated With Birimbira (The Thunder Spirits), 1961
  natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
  103.5 x 39.0 cm (irregular)
• Provenance:
  Private collection, Melbourne
• Notes:
  RELATED WORKS: The Thunder Spirits (Birimbira), 1961, natural pigments on bark, 150.2 x 60.4 cm, Collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, illus. in Perkins, H., Art + Soul, The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 2010, p. 235 In this painting Mungurrawuy shows the Gumatj ancestors as two black serpents shooting bolts of lightning from their mouths. The triangular shapes at the top and bottom of the painting represent thunderclouds. The different species of marine creatures that emerge after the rain are revealed and the patterns of crosshatched clan designs (miny'tji) surrounding the stingray and the crocodile symbolises the sea.
• Estimate:
  A$6,000 - 8,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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